Frivolous Petitions

Supreme Court slaps ₹5 lakh costs on lawyer for filing Article 32 petition challenging family court order
Madras High Court slaps ₹20 lakh costs on litigant, restrains him from filing PILs for a year
Bombay High Court slaps ₹5 lakh costs on litigant for wasting over two hours of court time
Madras High Court imposes 50k costs on litigant for filing "personal interest" PIL
Karnataka High Court stays 'cat-napping' case against man accused of confining neighbour's pet
The PILs dismissed by Supreme Court on reopening day
Bombay High Court slaps ₹1 lakh costs for filing pleadings with oblique motives
Supreme Court slaps litigant with ₹1 lakh costs for filing appeal against order deferring service case
AoRs signing off on frivolous petitions: Supreme Court calls for comprehensive plan after PIL filed challenging Articles 20, 22
"Go re-educate yourself": Supreme Court junks PIL challenging Theory of Evolution, Einstein's E=MC² equation
Court should not allow litigants to misuse process of law through multiple, vexatious pleas: Supreme Court
State officials cannot file frivolous cases just because they don't have to pay out of pocket: Supreme Court
Registry flagging defects in petition not violation of fundamental rights: Kerala High Court
Frivolous PILs bane of our judicial system: Bombay High Court slaps ₹3 lakh costs in PIL against slum rehabilitation project
Supreme Court imposes ₹25k costs on man who sought ₹75 lakh from YouTube after sexual ads distracted him during exam preparation
"Luxury litigation:" Supreme Court imposes ₹2 lakh costs on petitioner
Supreme Court imposes ₹50k costs on petitioners who challenged ban on 15-year-old petrol, 10-year-old diesel vehicles
Courts should not entertain frivolous petitions filed to arm-twist police officers: Delhi High Court
Courts burdened with dishonest litigants dodging debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts: Madras High Court
Courts are being burdened with cases that have attained finality: Punjab & Haryana HC imposes 25k costs on woman for litigating matter 5 times
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